Chapter 11: Global Operations and Digital Networks

1. Which types of offshoring are politically acceptable in the home market (choose both that apply)?

 

2. In which type of country would a global firm set up its lead factory?

 

3. Which of these represents a remote front-office for a British multinational telecom company?

 

4. How would you define a Vietnamese firm that describes its activities as ‘Identifying suppliers across Southeast Asia, preparing, and forwarding purchase orders, verifying receipt of items and authorizing payment’?

 

5. In a reverse auction through the Internet:

 

6. A water treatment firm builds a plant and infrastructure in Uruguay and manages its operations for 15 years, after which time it sells to the local government. What kind of contract is this?

 

7. What is a ‘bricks and mortar’ company?

 

8. In which of these ways has the Internet facilitated the management of global firms (choose both that apply)?

 

9. How does a smart factory facilitate global operations?

 

10. What are the requirements for a ‘sharing’ culture in a Web-based environment (choose all that apply)?

 
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